Newtown Marks Sandy Hook Anniversary in Private

No Public Events Are Scheduled to Commemorate the Shooting That Left 26 Dead

By

Joseph De Avila

Updated Dec. 14, 2013 11:01 a.m. ET

NEWTOWN, Conn.—One year after 20 children and six adults died in a school shooting here that stunned the nation, this quiet New England town had no official plans Saturday to mark the anniversary.

Town leaders this week held news conferences to talk about the aftermath of Adam Lanza' s violent rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, but also to urge the media to stay out of town.